Drill-case.



J. S. SELANDER.

Patented July 25, 1916.

1% Pwm //V VE/V TOR ATTORNEY JOHN SJUNNE SELANDER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

DRILL-CASE.

Specificatiooers Patent. I Patented July 25, 1916..

Application filed February 2, 1916. Serial No. 75,783.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN SJUNNE Sn- LANDER, a subject of Gustavus V, King of Sweden, and resident of 266 Wyelrofi street, in the borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, city and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvemerits in Drill-Cases, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to drill cases or containers and especially to that class where a whole range of sizes of drills are contained in one case.

It is one advantage of this invention to provide a drill box with two lids permitting access to any inclosed drill without disturbing the rest.

Another advantage is to provide a case which, when open, will serve as a display stand for a set of drills.

Another advantage is to provide a case which is adapted to receive a collapsible drill stand.

Another advantage is to provide a case for drills which, when closed, entirely prevents any drill from being dislodged.

Further advantages and possibilities will become apparent as the specification proceeds.

With the aforesaid advantages in view, the invention comprises the improvements and combinations of parts hereinafter described in their embodiment, pointed out in the claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, which shows this set of improvements.

In the drawing: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a case including this invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a collapsible drill stand. Fig. 3 is a side view of the case of Fig. 1 with one lid open and including the stand of Fig. 2 and indicating the positions ofdrills bydotted lines; Fig. 4c is another view of the other side of Fig. 3, withthe other lid open. Fig. 5 is a sectional view of Fig. 3 when both lids are normally open and the drill stand in position. Fig. 6 is similar to Fig. 5, the drill stand being partly folded together and the case being ready for closing.

The same numerals indicate the same parts throughout the figures.

It is often very annoying and a source of great trouble for mechanics to find that their drills have been disarranged and mixed up and sometimes broken when they have had occasion to open their drill boxes to take out a particular drill. Especially true has this been when a drill stand has been taken anywhere inside a satchel or a case filled with a set of drills. On the other hand, many times it has been found entirely impractical to take a whole set of drills out to a job despite the undoubted convenience of having as many sizes of drills as possible, owing to the counteracting difiiculty of having the drills disarranged and possibly lost, entailing a loss of time in hunting and rearranging dislodged drills.

It has been sought to introduce into this invention special provisions against possible dislodgment or loss of any drills carried within the same;

Referring to the drawings, the case comprises the parts as follows: The bottom 12, top 1, back 7 and the front 3, as well as lids l and 2, the latter being hinged to back 7 by hinges 24: and 23 as in Figs. 5 and 6. On the lids are screws 14c and 15 which in combination with hook 16 form closures for the case. On the bottom 12 are secured a pair of longitudinal blocks 13 and 11 against the back 7 in such manner as to provide a slot 10. On the lids are secured angle plates 17 and 18 which contain the slots 8 and 9.

A pair of drill abutments are also shown as the parts are opened considerably so that parts 20 and 22 which normally meet at the corner abovepeg 9 are as far apart as possible. Then part 22 is passed in to ward the right under abutments 5, 6 and 19, and pegs 9 and 10" slipped into slots 9 and 10. Then the remaining peg 8 is set a into slot 8 and part 20 set to meet part 22 at the joint above peg 9, resulting in a position illustrated in Fig. 5. It will be noted that the drills will fit in the drill stand in the following order as shown in Figs. 3, 4, 5 and 6. Part 20 holds the small range of drills 25; part 21 holds the medium drills 26, and part 22 holds the large drills 27.

When the stand with the drills is in position in the case as described and as shown in Fig. 5, and it is desired to close the case, part '20 is folded up to part 21 as shown in Figs. 3 and 6. Lid 2' is then closed as shown in Fig. 4, the large drills 27 in part 22 set- I ting in beneath the drill abutment 5, the latterbeing also visible in Figs. 1 and 3. Then lid 1 is closed, resulting in a posltion shown in Fig. 3, the drills in part 20 fitting and settingin beneath abutment6, and drills 26 in part 21 setting in under abutment 19,-further shown in Fig. 4:. Finally the devices. denoted by 16 are hooked to the screws 15.

and 14, etc, on lids ,1 and 2 and the case is entirely closed. It is perfectly obvious that as the pegs 8, 9, and 10 are in the slots 8, 9 and 10, the drills25, 26 and 27 being in the stand parts 20, 21 and 22 and abutting drill abutments or retainers 5, 6 and 19, then. no drill can in any way be dislodged or even moved longitudinally nor can the parts 20, 21 and 22 be dislodged while lids land 2 I are in closed position.

. two free edges of one of said members,and V means upon the lnner surfaces of sald llds members having each a pair of free edges, a

pair'of oppositely hinged lids securedtothe and'within said case for supporting a drill stand, means comprising cleats or plates containing slots or orifices, substantially as described. V v I 2. A drill case including fourjoined sldes constituting a front, a back, a top and a bot V tom, respectively a pair of lids being attached'to the free edges of said back, said lids being hinged and adapted to swing away from each other when opened; a pair -of cleat'sispaced apart-to provide an'inter- V V, mediate slot beingsecured ;to, said bottom parallel with the free edges of the same and abutting the back; a plate, or extended block located on the innerside of each ofsaid lids in aposition near the free endof the same .and near thevbottom and parallel with the latter; a longitudinal slotin the upper horizontalsurface in each of said longitudinal blocks or plates, said slot and aforesaid interlnediate slot being adapted to receive the pegs or feet of an interfoldingcollapsible drill stand, substantially as described. 7

3. A drill case including a casing havin aback, a front, atop and av bottomjoined together, and a pair oflid's hinged to said back means located on said bottom and upon said lids for receiving and seating a detachable drill stand and means within said top for retaining drills in position, said latter means I comprising parallel longitudinal cleats secured to and within said top to pro vide drill abutments, substantially as described.

4. In a drill case, in'combination, a rectangular casing having hinged lids attached thereto and means withln saldcasing and on said lids for receiving and seating an inter- I folding or collapsibledrill stand, with means secured in said casing for retaining in position drills in said stand'whenin collapsed or folded position, said means comprising longitudinal drill abutments within thetop of said case, said abutments having several i difierent oblique edges adapted to abut and ,retain drills, substantially as described.

5. A drill case including four sides, comprising a top, bottom, front and back, said back andbottom being joined; means for seating a drill stand in said case comprising a slot in an addition to said bottom, said slot'abutting said back and being 'substa'ntially parallel with said bottom; a pair of 7 doors or lids being hinged to said back, .additional means for seating said drill standbeing located on the inner surfaces of said lids in the form of plates with longitudinal slots therein, said slots being parallelwitli said inner surfaces of said lids and lying in substantially the same plane as aforesaid slot within said case, substantially as .de

scribed. Signedat 132 Nassau street, in the'borough of Manhattan, county of New York, 1

of January, A- D. 1916..

JOHN SJ UNN E SELANDER. 1 Witnesses: V V l vEnnis JoHNsoN, v

'HILDA C. E. FORSSBERG. i

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